TOP: Stephanie Hartman, 8, gets her fingerprints taken by Casey Hood, so that her parents can have them to give to the authorities in case she is abducted.

Written by

Nancy De Gennaro
The Daily News Journal

"You ready to get fingerprinted, young lady?" queries Hood, who is on hand at the Sam Davis Masonic Lodge to demonstrate the Tennessee Masonic Child Identification Program (TN CHIP). "We're gonna start with your right hand," as he takes each of the 8-year-old's fingers, rolls across an ink strip, then imprints all 10 onto a grid. "Now this is gonna make a mess so don't touch anything," he adds as the pads on the girl's fingers turn black with each swipe.